The big news 🔊

Including our latest partnerships…

Huddle are bringing trust back to the insurance industry. We’re proud to be backing Jason, Jonathan and the Huddle team on their big mission to build a different type of insurance company. Read more here

Whispli are giving people safe and anonymous channels to speak up to their organisations. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Sylvain, Sacha and the team to make whistleblowing safe and easy. Read more here

Inventia have developed a 3D bioprinting platform that can turbocharge cancer research and potentially lead to further breakthroughs in cancer treatments. We’re very pleased to be supporting Julio and his team on this journey!

Athena are building a home loan company that is very different to anything that exists today. We’re excited to be backing Nathan, Mike and the team in their Series B round!

… and updates from StartupAUS

🏢 Several Government decisions made recently have had huge implications for the tech sector including:

The ACCC has plans to create a new government body to scrutinise Google and Facebook’s activity

🚨In response to the direction the Government is taking, Daniel has written a piece on why startups matter for Australia’s economy. It goes to the heart of how we remain globally competitive in the future, and is something for all Australians to consider🚨

🔖A definitive guide to Australia’s tech startup sector — the 2018 Crossroads report — was released. A huge thank you to Alex, AJ, Sarah and the team for going into bat constantly for the ecosystem, and for creating such a helpful annual resource!

Topics that caught our eye 👀

Watch out Uber. Waymo is launching a driverless car service soon — a surprising part of this pilot has been the number of businesses (Walmart, Avis Budget and AutoNation) who are willing to pay for their customers’ rides

WTF is PMF?? When people talk about finding Product Market Fit they usually use some bullshit phrase like — “you’ll know it when you see it” — but how do you actually measure it?

“Often the founders best suited for an endeavor may not be quite as “proven”, but they’re on a very steep slope in their lives, and are great fits for the market and early GTM of the company they are building”